Zach Bivens
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Bio: I have been playing pokemon for almost 3 years now. Thanks to pokemon I have traveled to many different states that I may have never visited otherwise. Currently I have 53 Championship Points with a rating of 1896 putting me at #10 in NA Masters.
Aside from all things pokemon related I also enjoy Poker, Video Games, Basketball, and spending as much time as possible with family and friends.
A brief list of my accomplishments:
8Γ 1st Br, 3Γ 1st cities, 4th states ’12, top 16 Regionals’10, 3rd Regionals ’11, 8th regionals ’11, 4th regionals’12
A Case Study on Countering the Meta “Tackling this year’s City Championship metagame proved to be a particularly daunting task in comparison to previous years because I actually had to go back and read most of the cards from all sets released after Plasma Blast due to my absence from the game. For the first three tournaments I decided I would keep it simple to get a feel for the game once again. At Cities number one I played a Donphan deck for the first time, wrecking my way to the finals where I lost to Jake Dudzig in a mirror match. Donphan decks managed to claim…
The faster a ________ can beat out a rhythm with its two sticks, the more respect it wins from its peers. (Thwackey)
These daring PokΓ©mon have coins on their foreheads. Darker coins are harder, and harder coins garner more respect among ______. (Galarian Meowth)
It has many hidden capabilities, such as fingertips that can shoot water and a membrane on its back that it can use to glide through the air. (Inteleon)